help a beginner: 8 fat quarters
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I just got a gift of 8 fat quarters of batik. How do I figure out how to use them effectively? I can do squares or log cabins but what else?
The patterns are bold. Any ideas. You are all the best!
The patterns are bold. Any ideas. You are all the best!
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I would say for each square, choose "at least" a light and a dark. Like, if you had a yellow and tan I wouldn't pair those together, but yellow with a medium blue and a tan with an orange would work....batiks are really mix-and-match, but you just don't want the (block) pattern to disappear.
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The only idea I have for them better than what Rebecca said about pairing them with light and dark is you could gift them to me <bwsg>. Now that would be a good use of them.
Seriously, pick a light color that goes good with a FQ and a dark color and make either Attic Window or Log Cabins out of them. Those are my two favorite patterns. Unless you wanna try a tumbling block.
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(bwsg = big wide silly grin)
Seriously, pick a light color that goes good with a FQ and a dark color and make either Attic Window or Log Cabins out of them. Those are my two favorite patterns. Unless you wanna try a tumbling block.
ReRe
(bwsg = big wide silly grin)
#7
There is a pattern called "Wickedly Easy" that takes 8 fqs to make a twin quilt. You can find it here:
http://www.byannie.com/free-patterns/
http://www.byannie.com/free-patterns/
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Originally Posted by Rebecca VLQ
I would say for each square, choose "at least" a light and a dark. Like, if you had a yellow and tan I wouldn't pair those together, but yellow with a medium blue and a tan with an orange would work....batiks are really mix-and-match, but you just don't want the (block) pattern to disappear.
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